Draft 1996
After the lottery, we came up with the 4th draftpick (it was the draftpick of Vancouver Grizzlies, which we got in the only trade we did last season).
Was looking forward to a draft filled with good/great players...
The draft went like this:
1) Big Z - Milauwkee Bucks (surprising pick, although he fills in a need for them)
2) A. Walker - New Jersey (Walker was my first option, would fit in great wit Shaq...so I need to go with my back-up plan)
3) Abdur-Rahim - Toronto (very good player, good scoring option)
4) Ray Allen - Orlando (There were still better players on the board allen only is a 3,5 start potential player: Iverson, Kobe, Marbury, Camby... but I decided to go with the best 3point-shooter. Hoping to resign Shaq, then Allen would be a great fit (also thinking about the capspace in the long run...I can draft a superstar every year, but if I can't keep them together it's not the best way to build a team)
5) Kobe Bryant - LA Clippers (again LA, but not the Lakers ... :-p)
6) Allen Iverson - Detroit
7) Marcus Camby - Dallas
8) Marbury - Philly
9) J. Oneal - Minesota
10) Dampier - Charlotte
11) Nash - Sacramento
12) Stojakovic - Heat
13) Kittles - Denver
14) Harington - Boston
15) Wright - Cleveland
16) ... (and so on)
Derek Fisher fell all the way to 27th pick to New York...